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To: summer; sauropod
... the govt does have a legal right to take property ...

Wrong. The 'right' you seem to think government has is in actuality a privilege granted through the exercise of law in Eminent Domain. The govt has to answer in court in order to exercise that privilege.

Rights are owned by people.
Privileges are granted to governments from those rights under the US and States Constitutions, and they are restricted by those self-same documents.

By not understanding those simple truths, you can't understand the underpinnings that Henry Lamb and many others base their opposition on.

47 posted on 08/02/2002 8:45:58 AM PDT by brityank
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To: brityank
You are corrcet. I wouldn't say its proper to call eminent domain a "right". Its a power granted by the people. I believe its abused very much.
65 posted on 08/02/2002 11:58:49 AM PDT by FreeTally
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